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The Uber Air vision of urban air mobility faces multiple, complex regulatory challenges

June 13, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Air taxis and personal transports

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes and Beth Stevenson On 10 June a helicopter crashed in flames onto the roof of an office building on Seventh Avenue in New York,

Uber Elevate Summit 2019 – EmbraerX unveils eVTOL concept

June 11, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Air taxis and personal transports

EmbraerX has today unveiled a new electric flying vehicle concept during Uber Elevate Summit 2019 in Washington, D.C. The aircraft concept, with electric vertical take-off

Lilium selects London as software development hub and makes high level appointments

June 11, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Air taxis and personal transports

Lilium, the Munich-based startup developing on-demand air taxi services, has today announced it has selected London to be the base for its software team. “Hundreds

NFT launches the ASKA – “first viable eVTOL to drive on road and fly autonomously”

June 7, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Air taxis and personal transports

NFT, a company headquartered in Mountain View, California, with an R&D centre in Israel, has unveiled the ASKA (“flying bird” in Japanese) “and it’s the

Honeywell to integrate its avionics in Vertical Aerospace air vehicles

June 6, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Air taxis and personal transports

Honeywell and Vertical Aerospace have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to address the technical, regulatory and business challenges of the emerging urban air mobility segment. “The companies plan

Volocopter publishes urban air mobility challenges white paper

June 6, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Air taxis and personal transports

Air taxi developer Volocopter published has published a white paper “Pioneering the Urban Air Taxi Revolution” authored by Jan-Hendrik Boelens, CTO of Volocopter. The paper

UK’s Atkins and Vertical Aerospace to work together on UAM concepts

May 31, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Air taxis and personal transports, UAM infrastructure

UK engineering company Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, is collaborating with UK electric aircraft company Vertical Aerospace to help develop intercity air taxi

XTI Aircraft Company signs sales and services agreement with Australia’s Heliflite

May 31, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Air taxis and personal transports

XTI Aircraft Company has announced it has entered into a sales and services agreement with Heliflite, an aircraft distributor in Australia. The company stated that the agreement

Bosch “develops sensor-suite for air taxis”

May 24, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Air taxis and personal transports

Venturebeat reports that automotive systems manufacturer Bosch has launched a new “plug-and-play” sensor-box for air taxis and other flying vehicles. According to news reports: The

Vahana gives more details of Airbus air taxi flight test programme and interior design

May 24, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Air taxis and personal transports

In a 20 May blog, Zach Lovering of Airbus’ Vahana electric air taxi programme has given more details of its flight test programme. “In our